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"We use a combination of salt and calcium. We like to use a lot more calcium application to our salt as to readily activate the salt once it's applied, but we've been using a lot of plowing techniques," ODOT Maintenance Supervisor Phillip Clayton said.

ODOT, INDOT and KYTC all have crews out in full force around the Greater Cincinnati area treating the roads.

In Kentucky, 125 trucks are plowing close to 4,600 miles of road in 11 counties.

"We're trying to just clear the road of all the snow. We don't really want to put the salt down because we'd be pushing it right off," KYTC Public Information Officer Nancy Wood said.

Wood told WLWT News 5 a major focus was always the Cut-in-the-Hill section of Interstate 71 and 75. Three trucks are assigned just to plow that one stretch because it's known for backups and accidents.

"Every snow event is different, nighttime is easier on our drivers because there is not that amount of traffic," Wood said.

In Indiana, 150 INDOT trucks cover the Hoosier state south of Indianapolis and as far east as Lawrenceburg. Crews are using salt sparingly for this storm and also focusing primarily on getting as much snow off the roads as possible before the temperatures dip overnight.

The city of Cincinnati had 60 snow plow drivers working 12-hour shifts to clear roads before the Tuesday morning commute.